497.274 – Standards for grave spaces.
497.274 Standards for grave spaces.— (1) A standard adult grave space shall measure at least 42 inches in width and 96 inches in length, except for preinstalled vaults in designated areas. For interments, except cremated remains, the covering soil shall measure no less than 12 inches from the top of the outer burial container at time of […]
497.276 – Records.
497.276 Records.— (1) A record shall be kept of every burial in the cemetery of a cemetery company, showing the date of burial and the name of the person buried, together with lot, plot, and space in which the burial was made. All financial records of the cemetery company shall be available at its principal place of […]
497.2765 – Recording purchase of burial rights.
497.2765 Recording purchase of burial rights.— (1) Any person purchasing a burial right, belowground crypt, grave space, mausoleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden for the interment, entombment, inurnment, or other disposition of human remains may, at the person’s option, permanently record the purchase of the burial right, belowground crypt, grave space, mausoleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden […]
497.277 – Other charges.
497.277 Other charges.—Other than the fees for the sale of burial rights, burial merchandise, and burial services, no other fee may be directly or indirectly charged, contracted for, or received by a cemetery company as a condition for a customer to use any burial right, burial merchandise, or burial service, except for: (1) Charges paid for opening […]
497.278 – Monuments; installation fees.
497.278 Monuments; installation fees.— (1) No cemetery company may charge a fee for the installation of a monument purchased or obtained from and to be installed by a person or firm other than the cemetery company or its agents. (2) To verify that a monument is installed on the proper grave in accordance with cemetery bylaws, rules, or […]
497.161 – Other rulemaking provisions.
497.161 Other rulemaking provisions.— (1) In addition to such other rules as are authorized or required under this chapter, the following additional rules, not inconsistent with this chapter, shall be authorized by the licensing authority. (a) Rules by the board defining any technical term used but not defined in this chapter, and defining the terms “at-need” and “preneed” […]
497.162 – Health and safety education.
497.162 Health and safety education.—All individuals not licensed under this chapter who intend to be employed as operational personnel affiliated with a direct disposal establishment, cinerator facility, removal service, refrigeration facility, or centralized embalming facility who have direct contact with human remains on behalf of a funeral establishment, direct disposal establishment, or cinerator facility shall complete […]
497.163 – Restriction on requirement of citizenship.
497.163 Restriction on requirement of citizenship.—No person shall be disqualified from practicing an occupation or profession regulated by this chapter solely because she or he is not a United States citizen. History.—s. 33, ch. 2004-301.
497.164 – Solicitation of goods or services.
497.164 Solicitation of goods or services.— (1) The board is authorized to adopt rules regulating the solicitation of sales of burial rights, merchandise, or services by licensees. (2) The board shall regulate such solicitation to protect the public from solicitation which is intimidating, overreaching, fraudulent, or misleading; which utilizes undue influence; or which takes undue advantage of a […]
497.165 – Liability of owners, directors, and officers regarding trust funds.
497.165 Liability of owners, directors, and officers regarding trust funds.—The owners, officers, and directors of any licensee under this chapter may be held jointly and severally liable for any deficiency in any trust fund required by this chapter, to the extent the deficiency arose during the period they were owners, officers, or directors of the licensee, […]